The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has mandated all allied aviation services providers and airlines to comply with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations in insurance cover. The directive is contained in an all Operator Letter referenced NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/369, dated Aug. 11,…
National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE) in Port Harcourt has criticised the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) planned regulation of a minimum of six aircraft for startup airlines, describing it as anti-business. This is just as the Nigeria…
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Ibom Air, Mr. George Uriesi has explained how the disparity in forex is affecting the operations of the airline. Airlines in Nigeria have been having issues as touching repatriation of trapped funds in and are…
By Seun Ibiyemi Air Peace says it is the first Nigerian airline to operate a nonstop, direct flight to Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbeans. Spokesperson of Air Peace, Mr Stanley Olisa confirmed the development in a statement in Lagos on…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has revealed that Nigeria has more aircraft in its registry than the entire West African countries put together stating that that alone shows the enormity of the task before the regulatory…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says it has arrested 21 persons including touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Mr Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, FAAN, made this…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it will check the activities of unapproved aviation fuel marketers involved in the supply of contaminated Jet-A1 to unsuspecting airlines. Capt. Musa Nuhu, Director-General, NCAA, made this known in a zoom meeting with…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has put a temporarily halt on the Airport Taxi Services at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection of FAAN, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua in a statement attributed…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has urged aviation stakeholders and the media to desist from making categorical statements on the cause Tuesday’s air crash in Ikeja, when investigators had yet to unravel it. The NSIB General Manager, Mr Tunji…
As part of efforts to continue repositioning the sector, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) in Montreal, Canada has signed the Civil Aviation Master Plan (CAMP) with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The apex civil aviation body said the…
